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Parapet
//ˈpæɹ.ə.pɪt// noun
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Noun
- 1 A low protective wall.
"Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets."
- 2 fortification consisting of a low wall wordnet
- 3 Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
"Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky."
- 4 a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony wordnet
- 5 A fortification consisting of a wall.
"Obviously if you have only a few days in which to train a soldier, you must teach him the things he will most need; how to take cover, how to advance across open ground, how to mount guards and build a parapet – above all, how to use his weapons."
Etymology
From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
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